Windows 10: Removing lock encryption on Win 10 files in New Win 11

Hi I was creating encrypted files unintentionally on Win 10. I found how to stop it. But many files are still stored on externals with the lock encryption. The problem was I upgraded to Win 11 Pro 64B . It seems now I can only unencrypt these with my old Win 10 OS? I tried advanced security permissions and other solutions online with no luck.I guess this is a common problem, but I can`t find the correct answer I no longer have Win 10 and it took a long time to restore my computer after the upgrade to W11. Any chance this can be reversed? Is there software or a way to fix this.. It is the

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Encrypted Files - Win 10 to Win 11

I recently built a new system with a hardware combo for WIN 11, and moved my old hard disks over to the new system. During the change, I could not boot to my old boot drive due to it being NTFS. I used a new SSD and was able to get it formatted and installed windows there, I'm able to work in Windows 11.

However, I have one encrypted directory on one of the old NTFS disks which I can not decrypt, so I can't copy the files.

I have a new machine name and my user is (username/newmachine) and the files are owned by username/oldmachine. I can change their ownership the new ID but they will not copy due to the encryption.

I've tried to run cipher to update the files with a new cert, but it fails, no real error message other than a status indicating failure. I did use it to export the old cert, but don't see how to use it to get to these files to update them.

cipher does show my current key.

cipher /rekey filename

filename [ERR]

The filename could not be decrypted.

cipher does state that new files added to the directory will not be encrypted.

Any help getting these files accessible would be appreciated.

 

Files are encrypted during upgrade to win 10

Hi,

My win 10 build version is 10240, problem is when I upgrade my windows 7 to window 10, my all file were encrypted and not open nor moving as the encryption to secure data option is locked.

Also during the process of upgrading windows installer encrypt my whole word and excel file without prompting.

I am in much trouble.

kindly provide the adequate solution please.

Regards

Salim

 

Other way to lock file instead of encryption?

Is there any other way to lock files in windows 11 instead of encryption?Bcz encryption hides the files and after encryption we have to decrypt it.That's not good.Plz suggest any other way to lock files instead of encrytion.